Missouri River Bridges of South Dakota, 1920 to 1980: An Oral History Project: Kenneth R. Scurry, Former South Dakota Bridge Engineer, Interviewed by Prof. Emory Johnson, So. Dakota State University

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• Creators:
  Johnson, Emory
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Historic bridges
  • Highway bridges
  • History
  • Bridges
  • Kirkham, J.E.
  • Missouri River (South Dakota)
  • Platte-Winner Bridge
  • Scurr, Kenneth R.
  • South Dakota
• Resource Type:
  Text
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Dakota ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  South Dakota State University
• Description:
  This document is the transcription of an oral history interview by Professor Emory Johnson of the South Dakota State University of Kenneth R. Surry, bridge engineer with the state of South Dakota from 1920-1963. Discussion centers around the building of highway bridges across the Missouri River, with special focus of the lawsuit of the state against Peter Kiewit for shoddy construction of pilings during the building of the Platte-Winner Bridge. Document does not carry a date; it seems to have been taken circa 1980.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39612/dot_39612_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 66.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2686a84cae1802e7b9cf0c3a6d7e95df995b5bdda7fd22e6905d75e847c4a96c